Cagri Celik
Cukurova University, Turkey
Title: Determination of hygiene conditions and antimicrobial efficacy of disinfectant used in a catering company in Adana, Turkey
Biography
Biography: Cagri Celik
Abstract
This study aimed to examine whether a company that provides a catering service used proper hygiene practices against food-borne microorganisms threatening public health and to investigate the efficiency of the detergent used in the company on some microorganisms isolated from the various places of the company. For this purpose, samples were taken from different surfaces and the staff of the company as well as the air various places of the company. Although Salmonella spp ve Listeria spp bacteria cannot found in the samples of the company but Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Micrococcus spp. were isolated. The antimicrobial activity of the detergent has been examined on these bacteria. In conclusion, it was observed that proper hygiene practices were inadequate against microorganisms in the investigated company, and the detergent used by the company did not have the same amount of antimicrobial influence on the bacteria isolated from the company.